A quick note on Barry Hawkins who was scheduled to join the second group of the Championship League tomorrow, but has now been replaced by former world champion Peter Ebdon…
The reason for this is that as reported on Snooker Scene Blog, Barry’s partner has given birth to their child and so Barry understandably has bigger things on his mind at the moment!
It is a good opportunity for Peter to get some good match practice in ahead of the Masters next week though and hopefully he will be able to compete well at Crondon Park. It would be interesting if he went on to win the competition as he would have to quicken up his game by some margin for the Premier League next season! That said though, when he relaxes from time to time and plays at a much quicker pace, Peter often produces his best snooker, just look at the UK Championship from 2006…